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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 09, 2001

Date

2001-07-09

Description

Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about evaluations regarding the Stree-Free Zone, entertainment and programming of Fall events, letters, CSUN services opperating policy, bylaws, and performance agreements.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 15, 1997

Date

1997-09-15

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about proposals.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 14, 2003

Date

2003-04-14

Description

Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about letters, bylaws, and student information operating policy.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 28, 2003

Date

2003-04-28

Description

Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about bylaws, advertisements, and letters.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 30, 1996

Date

1996-09-30

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about bylaws.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 30, 2003

Date

2003-06-30

Description

Includes meeting agenda and mintues, along with additional information about memorandums, bylaws, and the Articles of Incorporation for the Rebel Yell Student Newspaper.

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Catherine Cortez Masto oral history interview: transcript

Date

2018-08-10

Description

Oral history interview with Catherine Cortez Masto conducted by Claytee D. White on August 10, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Catherine Cortez Masto grew up in Las Vegas near where the town ended and the desert began, which at that time was near Decatur and Pennwood. She grew up playing in the streets and riding horses and motor bikes with girlfriends and cousins. Her father, Manny Cortez, began as a valet at the Dunes before entering politics. He served 16 years on the County Commission and then 13 years as the chief of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. As the head of the LVCVA, Manny oversaw campaigns to increase tourism, enlarge McCarran International Airport, improve taxicab service, and served as a visionary for the entire region. Catherine followed in her father's footsteps while being her own woman and making her own mark on the region. She attended college at UNR and law school at Gonzaga University School of Law. After a clerkship, she worked for a small local Las Vegas firm for 4 - 5 years, then moved to the governor's and then served two terms as Nevada's Attorney General. Currently she's in the US Senate with committee assignments that include Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Energy and Natural Resources; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Rules and Administration; Indian Affairs, and the Committee on Aging. Subjects discussed include: Dunes, Manny Cortez, County Commission, LVCVA, Judge Carl Christensen, Judge Mendoza, Taxi Authority, Tourism, and Mike O'Callaghan.

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Transcript of interview with Gus Mancuso by Lisa Gioia-Acres, September 27, 2008

Date

2008-09-27

Description

Gus Mancuso (Ronald Bernard Mancuso), a talented impresario, was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania in 1933. Gus grew up in Hastings, Pennsylvania as the youngest of nine children. His father, an immigrant from Italy, Joseph Mancuso, owned multiple businesses and his mother, Josephine Ceranni toiled as a stay at home mother. Despite his father’s businesses, the family struggled financially. By the eighth grade Gus moved to Rochester, New York, where his mother joined him, after his parents separated. As a youngster Gus Mancuso learned to play the trumpet by ear. By age 11 he was encouraged to learn to play the drums so he could help earn money for the family. After two weeks of training, Gus Mancuso was earning $5 dollars as the replacement for his older brother Joe in musical performances in places like Moose Hall and the Elks Club in Pennsylvania. His performances were so legendary that an article was written about Gus entitled the “Eighth Grade Drummer”. He continued to demonstrate tremendous musical versatility even after moving from Hastings to Rochester where he received first chair trombone honors after impressing his high school band teacher. After graduating high school, in 1951, Gus went on the road with the Don Manning Trio. Shortly thereafter, a bass player position opened in his brother’s group the Ray Brand Trio. Despite the fact that Gus did not know how to play bass, when he received the offer to become a member of Joe’s band, he went on to learn yet another instrument and joined the Ray Brand Trio. However, while with his brother’s group, Gus was drafted into the army. He packed his trumpet, and despite initially receiving flack for playing in the latrine, the lieutenant exempted Gus from duty so he could perform in the morning and at night for his fellow troops. Shortly thereafter, Gus served in the army band as a piano player. His instrumental capabilities and proficiency helped pave the way for more opportunities. After the army he moved to Nevada and played trombone with Tony Pastor in Reno. He found his way to Las Vegas in 1955 when he opened at the New Frontier on Halloween night. Gus went on to open at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, playing bass, with Sarah Vaughn. They went on to tour Europe together. He also played bass for Billy Eckstine and Les Brown as well as worked in the music department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Gus Mancuso met Lauri Perri, a singer and his first wife, while playing for the Mary Kaye Trio in Lake Tahoe. They were married at the Little Church of the West in 1960. However, Gus is now married to Maggie Peterson an actress who worked on the Andy Griffith Show. He lives in Las Vegas and currently works three nights a week playing piano at the Bootlegger owned by his first wife and getting the job from his son Ronald.

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Front view of St John's Greek Orthodox Church: photographic print

Date

1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345). St John's Greek Orthodox Church, 1229 East Carson Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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